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P; H. SWEET, Jr. MACHINE PQR ATTAGHING BUTTONS T0 SHOES. Y N0;2e8,14s. Patented Nov. 28, 1882l `WITNESS EN 934.101. @wwwa ATTORNEY" 4 QN Model) V Sheets-Sheet. 2.

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MACHINE. POR ATTAGHING BUTTONS T0 SHOES..

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ATTORNEYS.

'1'0 all whom 'it may concern NITED STATES PATENT FFICE'.

PARKER SWEET,JR., O F WASHINGTON, DISTRICT 0F (IOLUMBlA.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHI'NG BUTTONS To si-ioias.v

SPECIFICATIONffoi-ming part of Letters Patent No. 268,143, dated November 28, 1852., Application filed September 19,1882. (No modi-l.) i

Be it'known'that I, PARKER H. SWEET, Jr.,

' iugto'n, inv the District of Columbia, have in:

, vented certainl` new and usefullmprovemenis in Machines for Attaching Buttons to Shoes or other Articles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and.

use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention hasfor its object to provide an improved in achine for automatically attaching buttons, to shoes or to other articles of wearing-apparel by means of a metallic tack or other suitable metallic fastening device; and

to ,the desired material.

ing the buttons.

It further consists -ot other` details of construction and general arrangement of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically designated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation ot' my`improved machine, with parts broken away to more fully show its construction. Fig. 2 represents a 'detail sectional view of thehopper for distribut-v Fign represents a top planv view of the hopper for distributing the-metallic fasteners. Fig. 4 represents a vertical sec-v tion of the same. Fig. 5 represents a vertical sectionof the recess for holding" the button, with the.` concave die `for-deiectin g the prong or prongsfof theiastening device through the shank of the button to attachv it to 4the desired' material.

, "Figs, G-and' represent'detail sec;VVV 5o tional views of the inclined conducting-chutes fortheA but-tons antmetallic fasteners.'

n`citizen of the United States, residingatWash- Similar letters of reference occurring on the several gures indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of my improved machine, which is-provided with a curved arm, A', terminating in a hollow cylindrical support, A2, which is adapted to receive the verticallyslidin g plunger B, as fully shown in Fig. 1.

, Projecting upward from the curved arm A', and cast solid therewith, is an upright, A, in the upper part of which is pivoted a horizontal lever, B', to the fiont end of which is pivoted the upper end of the vertical plunger B,

`while the rear end of the said lever is slotted for the engagement'therewith of the pin a of the elbow-lever C, which is pivotedin its turn, at its center, to a projection, D, at the rear'ot .the base-plate A. lo the outer end of this treadle for operating the machine. F represents an inclined hute or conductor, which passes through a recess, b, in the arm front of the base A, as shown ,at c, while its casing of the distributing-wheel Gr in such a manner as to receive the ejected from the same. The hopper HisA ot' the usual form and mounted upon a cylindri-4 cal case, H', the projection D at the rear of the base A.

is journaled the distrihutin g-wheel G by means of the axle d, a space -or recess, e, being provided to one side and at' the bottom,between ton-heads,'as fully shown in Fig. 2er-'the drawings.

Upon the face of the wheel, and at suitable tons,to permit the'button-headsto pass through the opening g down into the4 space or recess e. 'At the extreme lower and'l beneath the wheel G, is provided a r.od.,h,

conducting-chute il?, said rod being pivoted to one'endotlthe laureati, which is also pivoted elbow-lever G ispivoted a ptman or---1=od.,I1l,4 which is connected at its bottoni` to a suitable A', and which is pivotedV at one'end .near thewhich' in turn is mounted upon' said wheel and case, for the passage ot' the butdistances apart, are provided slots or recesses', f for the reception of the shanks of the butrear end abuts` against the lower end ot' the part, ofthe said recess,

which projects! through the casing H' and abuts against the button-at the bottom of the said rcess'to eject or push it outwardfinto' the -x'csoV rc'l l"rand aiprojection, D', o f the main frame of the 3'0 opening, k, which is' adapted to receive a curved f a position to receive forsupplying the metallic tacks or fasteners steel tack-in position to be -of the button in the recess a' directly beneath;

; of the tray, for distribu n Upon the outer end of thedis'tributin wheel. d',

vstationary pawl d2 j which extends to and opens ont at the front of the same. jlheupper part of this recess c is provided with a slot, f?, terminating on its yfastener heldin the at'its center :to the projection D in the rear of he machine, a suitable rod, i, connecting said lever with'the elbow-lever C to derive'the desired motion.

the axle d, carrying gwheelG,is arranged a ratchetthe teeth 'of which engage with the upon the elbow-lever C to impart motion t'o the said wheel G, the ends of the axle'd being journaled in the projection D,

machine, as fully shown in Fig. l. f

vThe 4conducting-chute F is preferably of a .circular form in cross-section, with a slot, j", in its` upper surface f or the reception of the to keep the same in proper position to receive the prong or prongs of the metallic fastener, the lower end of the said chute' connecting with a circular recess-or cavity, a', in the base Aof the machine, and

upper surface with a concaved groove :or die, f3, to .curve or deflect the point of the metallic jaw of the plunger B down through the shank, of the button, as fully lshown in Fig. 5.

In the lower part of the recess or cavity c', near the front of the base A, is provided am spring,

Z, to hold the first and each succeeding button as itslides down from the chute F 'in the prong of the setting device. v o f l M represents an inclined conductor or chute y to the holding-jaw ofthe plunger'B, said conductor being ot' a shape similar to that of the chute F, with the exception that the groove or slot f4 is in the lower part of the same', instead oi' at the top, tofallow of the points of thermetallic tacks or fasteners to project downward,4 as shown. l lhelower part oi' the plunger, constitutingthe holding-jaw, is preferably provided with a magnet, m, to hold the ironl or affixed to the shank but'where the fasteningA device. is made of 'other metals a slot, a2, `may be formed in the same; or any of the'wellknown forms of'loldchute or conductor M projects against the ymouth ofa distributing-hopper, L, which feeds said chute to the holding-jaw-'of the plunger`Y B. The distributing-hopper L .is composed of a suitable frame-,open at the top andprovided with a slotted and inclined tray, n, arranged horizontally across said frame at or about its center. The slots o, which extend through the saidV tray, terminate in asingle slot in the end ting the tacks one after another into theconducting-chute. M, a parti tion or beard,N,extending across the said tray thepoints ot' the metallic tacks v of the entrance scenes at such a height above the same as to leave only a space sufficient to allow the heads ofthe tacks to pass under after the points of the tacks have dropped downward in the slots. This hopper L is attached to the top ofa standard,p, which is pivoted atits bottom to a projecting lug on the curved armA, and a lug` or pin, q, project'- ing from the side of the said hopper engages with the curve of the elbowdever C to impart a slight shaking motion to the' same, s that will project down throughl the slots o in the tray n for distribution to the conductorlll. Opening',

s, is provided in the upper surface-ot` this cond uctor, near the plunger B, to permit of the linger t of the lever c, which is'pivoted to the arm A' and'operated by the rod iv, pivoted thereto and to the-lever B', as fully shown'in Fig. 1. this mechanism is such that the metallic tacks are pushed one after anotherupon the'holdingjaw ot' the plunger B with each successive motion of the lever B'. A suitable coiled spring, P, is arranged between the curved arm A' and the lever B', to forcethe plunger B back to itsv proper position aftereach downward stroke of the saine. The conductingfchutes F and lll, with theirdistribnting-h or reversed, so that the buttons may be fed down to theholding-jaw of the plunger B and the metallic 'tacks or fasteners down to the'recess in the base ofthe machin plunger, without my invention.

In the operationof mJy-improved machine the buttons are thrown loosely into the hopper H, from which they'are distributed in proper position to the chute F by means of the disdepartingiroin the spirit of tributing-wheelG, while the tacks or fasteners are assorted in the 'hopper L and fed down v the inclined chute M, the linger t ofthe lever `c pushing the first and each succeeding tack upon the holding-jaw in ofthe plungerB with` each upward motion of the said plunger, The material or fabric to which the button is to be attached is placed'upon the table of the base A directly over the tirst button, near the outer end'of the recess ci' of the said base A. lhe plunger B, carrying the metallic ,tack or fastener, is now brought downby'depressing the foot-treadle, which operation causes the point of the metallic tack to pass through the said material or fabric down into the concave dief, where it is curved or deected through the shank of th the material, thereby rmly securing the button thereto. New, by pulling the material forward, the button depressestijespringl in the groove lc and allows the buttentg out of the recess a'. ton now slips down against the spring,- aud as the plunger B returns to its former position the finger t of the lever c pushes another rirethe supply of buttons and fasteners is exhausted.

The object of.

e, directly under saidf e button, and back upon' or into.

easily slip A recess or y oppers,may be changed v r ro The next succedingbut- Having 'thus described my invention, what conductors, all substantially asshown and def scribed, whereby thesaid buttonsand fasteners are fedinto. position from separate eon.

ductors, one after the othenfor attachment to 'the desired material,*substantially as and for the purpose specified.v

2. In a machine for atta'ching'buttons to'lfab# rics, the inclined conductors F and llLprovided respectively with the hoppers H and L and their, feed mechanisms,A in .combination with the plunger B, having a holding-jaw, m, and

` the recess a in the baser of said frame, substanti'all;v as and for the purpose specified.

3. 'lhe hopper H, mounted upon the cylindrical casing H', and provided ywith the distributing-wheel G, having slots fandeentral axle, d, a space, e, being provided to one side and ai; the bottom of said wheeland casing, in combination with the inclined conductor F,

roections D D, rod h lever K l connectinff- 9 b rod i, ratchet-wheel d', and pawl d2, substan# tially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The hopper L, provided with `the tray, ,having ver'tiealslotsor openings o, and 'parti tion Nin combinati'onwith. the .inclinedv` con- .ductor hhs'ul'istantially as and for the purpose specified. v p l l, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` PARKER SWEET, JR..

` vWitnesses:

T. D. D'. DURAND, C. FRED. KELLER. 

